Annuities

July 08, 2007

The New York Times today published a front-page article that discusses allegations that weak financial advisor designation programs contribute to problems with annuity sales.Charles Duhigg, ...

July 01, 2007

Senior Market Advisor polled more than 300 seniors age 60 and older on a variety of financial, retirement and lifestyle issues. Read this article to gain valuable insight to financial advisors who specialize in working with seniors.

July 01, 2007

In a world where consumers are literally overwhelmed by marketing images - from the flashing ads on their Internet browsers to the fistful of flyers and direct mail pieces that choke our mailboxes every day - financial advisors often find themselves

July 01, 2007

A fixed annuity, by its very nature, lacks a certain sizzle when compared to variable annuities or equity indexed annuities. Fixed annuities have been around since 1648 - some say since Roman times - and although they have been spiced up here and

July 01, 2007

Has the concept of "trust" been overdone? Trust me ... it has. (Sorry for using the industry's most discredited phrase.) Amazon lists 354,902 books with "trust" in the title, and the mother of all Internet search engines,

July 01, 2007

Almost four in 10 financial advisors have been told by compliance officers they could not engage in an activity the advisor knew was both legal and within regulations. Yikes. That is the most troubling finding of a new study of 100 financial

July 01, 2007

Financial advisors spend a lot of their day in front of people. Whether they are presenting seminars to large crowds or seeing people in their office, advisors log many hours of face time every week. Many of them excel in this area of their